New scam accuses you of child abuse, offers to remove evidence

Here’s a new twist to sextortion, the cybercrime that gets its name because it melds sex with extortion. Usually, the approach is to send you an email saying, “We infected your computer with malware, we snooped via your webcam, we monitored your browsing… …and we recorded you on a porn site, so send us money or we’ll send the recording to your friends and family.” To reinforce the claim to have remote control over your computer, the crooks often add some personalised content into the email they send you.

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